USS Avery Island (AG-76)
| Career (USA) | |
|---|---|
| Name: | USS Avery Island |
| Namesake: | An island in the salt water marshes of Iberia Parish, Louisiana, near the Gulf coast |
| Builder: | New England Shipbuilding Corporation, South Portland, Maine |
| Laid down: | 31 October 1944 as type (EC2-S-C1) hull, (MCE hull 3085) |
| Launched: | 13 December 1944 |
| Sponsored by: | Mrs. Robert LeBourdais |
| Acquired: | by the Navy 21 December 1944 |
| Commissioned: | 31 July 1945 as USS Avery Island (AG-76) at the New York Navy Yard |
| Recommissioned: | 27 May 1947, at San Pedro, California |
| In service: | 21 December 1944 |
| Out of service: | 24 December 1944 |
| Reclassified: | AKS-24, 18 August 1951 |
| Refit: | Atlantic Basin Iron Works, Brooklyn, New York |
| Struck: | date unknown |
| Fate: | transferred to the U.S. Maritime Administration, 4 January 1960 |
| Notes: | scrapped at Sakai, Japan in 1961 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Basilan-class miscellaneous auxiliary |
| Displacement: | 5,371 tons |
| Tons burthen: | 14,200 tons |
| Length: | 442' |
| Beam: | 57' |
| Propulsion: | reciprocating steam engine, single shaft, 1,950hp |
| Speed: | 11.5 knots |
| Complement: | 891 officers and enlisted |
| Armor: | four 40mm single gun mounts |
USS Avery Island (AG-76/AKS-24) was a Basilan-class miscellaneous auxiliary acquired by the U.S. Navy during World War II. She was used to transport personnel and carry cargo and was inactivated and disposed of shortly after the war.
Read more about USS Avery Island (AG-76): Constructed At Portland, Maine, World War II-related Service, Post-war Service, Post-war Inactivation and Disposal
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